LEADER 04497nam 22005531 450 001 9910159456803321 005 20161209141217.0 010 $a1-350-10187-7 010 $a1-4742-6746-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474267465 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4786455 035 $a(OCoLC)968212185 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260636 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009136 100 $a20170524d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWinning the peace $ethe British in occupied Germany, 1945-1948 /$fChristopher Knowles 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 311 $a1-4742-6743-2 311 $a1-4742-6745-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Physical Reconstruction - The Military Governors and Army Generals -- 2. Creating Order Out of Chaos -- 3. The Occupation as a Moral Crusade -- 4. Criticism at Home and Allegations of Corruption -- Part II. Political Renewal: Civilian Diplomats and Administrators -- 5. 'Trying to Beat the Swastika into the Parish Pump' - First Steps Towards Political Renewal -- 6. International Socialist Visions of Political Renewal -- 7. Regional Administration in Hamburg -- Part III. Personal Reconciliation - Young Men with No Adult Experience but War -- 8. A Younger Generation -- 9. The English Army Officer who Created the German News Magazine Der Spiegel -- 10. Getting to Know the Germans -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"By adopting a unique biographical approach, this book examines the aims and intentions of twelve important and influential individuals who worked for the British Military Government in occupied Germany during the first three years after the end of the Second World War. British policy was distinctive, and the British zone was the largest and economically most important of all four zones. Although the three Western Allies all ended in the same place with the creation of an independent Federal Republic of (West) Germany in 1949, they took different paths to get there. The role of the British has been much misunderstood. Winning the Peace strikes a balance between earlier self-congratulatory accounts of the British occupation, and the later more critical historiography. It highlights diversity of aims and personal backgrounds and in so doing explains some of the complexities and apparent contradictions in British occupation policy. The book concludes that, despite diversity among those studied, all twelve individuals followed a policy described as the 'three Rs' - Reconstruction, Renewal and Reconciliation - rather than the 'four Ds' - De-militarisation, De-nazification, De-industrialisation, and Democratisation - highlighted in earlier histories of the occupation. Whilst reflecting on the role of human agency, Christopher Knowles examines why individuals sometimes failed to achieve what they originally intended, and how their aims and perceptions changed over time to reveal broader political, sociological and cultural forces, outside their direct control. This book is an innovative study for those interested in the Allied occupation, the post-war history of Germany and the study of military occupation generally."--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"A study of the contribution made by twelve individuals to the development of British policy in occupied Germany after the end of the Second World War"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aBritish$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary government$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aReconstruction (1939-1951)$zGermany 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPeace 606 $2European history 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945-1955 607 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary government$xHistory 615 0$aReconstruction (1939-1951) 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPeace. 676 $a943.087/4 700 $aKnowles$b Christopher$c(Historian),$01208688 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159456803321 996 $aWinning the peace$92788651 997 $aUNINA